On the year 2000 the National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared the town plaza and the surrounding ancestral houses of Pila as a National Historical Landmark. It was cited that the town is an early pre-Hispanic center of culture and trade in Laguna known as “La Noble Villa de Pila” and has been recognized as the countries archaeological sites where clay potteries has been discovered in excavations.
The heritage town is bounded by General Luna Street in the north, M.H. del Pilar Street in the east, Mabini Street in the south and Bonifacio Street in the west including the Pila Elementary School and the Juan Fuentes and Santiago Fernandez House. Two years after its declaration as a National Historical Landmark the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo proclaimed the parish church of Pila as the Diocesan Shrine of St Anthony de Padua making it as the only town in the country that is formally recognized as a historical site by both the church and the state.
The heritage town is bounded by General Luna Street in the north, M.H. del Pilar Street in the east, Mabini Street in the south and Bonifacio Street in the west including the Pila Elementary School and the Juan Fuentes and Santiago Fernandez House. Two years after its declaration as a National Historical Landmark the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo proclaimed the parish church of Pila as the Diocesan Shrine of St Anthony de Padua making it as the only town in the country that is formally recognized as a historical site by both the church and the state.